Thomson(i)
1 An Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for to everlasting his mercy endureth.
2 Who can express the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can publish all his praises?
3 Happy they, who keep judgment, and who do justice at all times.
4 Remember us, Lord, affectionately as thy people, visit us with thy salvation;
5 that we may see it in the felicity of thy chosen; that we may be gladdened with the joy of thy nation; that we may sing praises with thy heritage.
6 We with our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers minded not thy wonders in Egypt, they did not remember the multitude of thy mercies. Though in coming up they were refractory at the Red sea,
8 yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.
9 He rebuked the Red sea and it was dried up; and he led them through the deep as through a wilderness;
10 and saved them from the hand of those who hated them, and delivered them out of an enemy's hand.
11 The water covered those who afflicted them, not an individual of them was left.
12 Though they believed his words, though they sang his praise;
13 they soon forgot his works, they waited not for his counsel.
14 They indulged a longing desire in the desert, and tried God in a place without water.
15 Though he granted them their request, and sent satiety to their soul;
16 yet they provoked Moses in the camp and Aaron the consecrated of the Lord.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abeiron;
18 and a fire was kindled in their assembly, and a flame burned up the wicked.
19 Even at Choreb they made a calf, and worshipped the graven image;
20 and exchanged their glory for the image of an ox which eateth grass.
21 They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt;
22 wonderful things in the land of Cham, and terrible things at the Red sea:
23 whereupon he spake of destroying them, had not his chosen Moses stood before him in the breach, to turn him from his fierce indignation, that he might not utterly destroy.
24 When they despised the pleasant land and did not confide in his word:
25 but murmured in their tents; and hearkened not to the voice of the Lord:
26 he lifted up his hand against them; to overthrow them in the desert;
27 and cast back their seed among the nations; and disperse them in the countries.
28 When they consecrated themselves to Belphegor; and ate the sacrifices offered to dead men;
29 and provoked him with their devices; and the plague was raging among them:
30 Phineas stood up and made atonement; and the plague was stayed:
31 and it was counted to him for righteousness to all generations forever.
32 When they provoked him at the water of strife it went ill with Moses on their account.
33 For they provoked his spirit and he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They did not root out the nations which the Lord had mentioned to him:
35 but mingled with those nations; and learned their works.
36 And served their graven images which became to them a stumbling block.
37 They actually sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons:
38 and shed innocent blood; the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the graven idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood and
39 defiled by their works: and they went a whoring with their devices.
40 Therefore the Lord was incensed against his people, and abhorred his inheritance.
41 And he delivered them into the hands of enemies; and they who hated them ruled over them.
42 When their enemies afflicted them; and they were humbled under their hands:
43 many a time did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel. When they were humbled for their iniquities;
44 the Lord beheld when they were afflicted. When he heard their supplication,
45 he remembered his covenant and according to the multitude of his mercies;
46 he relented and excited compassion for them among all those who had captivated them.
47 Save us, Lord, our God; and gather us from among the nations; that we may give thanks to thy holy name; that we may triumph in thy praise.
48 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen, Amen.